The bourgeois are other people.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.

The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper.

An egotist always resents meeting another egotist as if he alone had the right to be one.

In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.